MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Mocks Mistake in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill
Lawrence O’Donnell took great pleasure in mocking President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” on Wednesday’s (July 2) episode of The Last Word after the sprawling proposal was put forward with a mistake in it.
“It has a mistake in it,” the MSNBC host said on Wednesday’s show, repeating the words uttered by Jim McGovern, the Democratic leader of the House Rules Committee, bringing the House to a standstill as Republicans and Democrats were set to vote on the bill.
O’Donnell explained the difference between the Senate and the House when it comes to voting on legislation. In the Senate, he noted, rules do not change, but in the House, the Rules Committee writes the rules for every bill. It is common practice for the rule to state that no amendments will be allowed once the bill reaches the floor.
“The incompetent Republicans did such a bad job of writing that very simple, one-paragraph rule that Jim McGovern stopped everything in the House of Representatives today by announcing to the House: ‘It has a mistake in it,'” a stunned O’Donnell said.
He continued, “We’ve never seen anything like that in the House of Representatives — nothing that stupid. For the next 11 hours, the Republican House of Representatives was paralyzed by that Republican mistake. Usually in the House of Representatives, no one in the Republican party ever listens to anything said anyone in the Democratic party says on the House floor. But this time, the whole House heard what Congressman Jim McGovern said when he started a drama like we’ve never seen before.”
O’Donnell stated that “panic” set in among House Republicans and within the Trump White House as they realized they had forgotten to include an escape clause for themselves. With the missing rule, it meant the GOP would still have to take a vote on the bill even if they realized they didn’t have enough votes.
“While Republicans may now try to fix the error with an amendment, McGovern posed a critical question: ‘If this Republican leadership cannot get a one-paragraph rule right, can we really trust them to get an 870-page bill right?’” O’Donnell added.
The news anchor also touched on a comment made by Rep. Derrick Van Orden, one of several GOP members who have caved to Trump’s demands despite having previously expressed concerns about the bill. Responding to this turnaround, Van Orden said, “We’re not a bunch of little b****es.”
“OK, no one said you were,” O’Donnell responded. “I mean, we’ve said negative things about what you’re voting for and what you’re willing to do, and many of us have said negative things about the cruelty that you’re willing to inflict on people here and around the world. But ‘little b****es’ is your term, Congressman Derrick Van Orden — not mine.”
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Lawrence ODonnell is amazing. And the MAGA Republicans who caved to the despot felon of a President will regret it. In their souls and when they are voted out of office.
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Um you didn’t happen to notice that Paramount and CBS are settling out of court with Trump for $16 Million on his Law Suit verses them did you ?? Look it up !! 🤣🤣🤣
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Oh and Lawrence was one of the ones along with other Lib talking heads saying Biden is just fine. Sharp as a razor that man !! Yeah Rrrrright !! 🤣🤣🤣
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Yes, I was just reading about it earlier. It’s easier to just settle with an unreasonable toddler who wants to be the King of a Democracy.
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TRUMP IS STUPID. NO, THE DNC WILL BE FINE. TRUMP HAS GIVEN ALL DEMOCTATS A BIG GIFT!
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Yep same things Libs said before Trump won the elections Again. In spite of Lib Dems throwing every thing they could possibly think of and sinking to the lowest depths he Still Won !! GOP will win Huge in the midterms. But if it pacifies you Keep Dreaming !! 😀
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Good show Lawrence! The foolishness that the House spent haphazardly writing a bill to appease an ungrateful, vile, inhumane leader to appease his demands to ruin the poor and working class people, that they were so graphically into writing their graphic lyrics that they did actually forget to write a rule or think enough of themselves to write some no account rule to rule out anything right or wrong for the Democrats where in objection of. It's more like " Stupid is as Stupid Does" on them or nothing like a foolishness especially when it is a large group of foolish followers, they drank the Kool aid with poison powder that caused them to be brainless.
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Well, you certainly seem to have all the lingo and talking phrases down that I often hear on Fox News and Newsmax when I’m over at my father’s home, and he seems to suffer from the same condition as you. It’s called TOD, or Trump Obsession Disorder, and is under review by medical experts as a cult like disease that forms in the brain of individuals who live in a silo of misinformation and fear. I am working on helping my father and I will pray for you. Good luck to you! ✌️
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You sound like you have a great father. Maybe you should sit quite and Listen to him some instead of trying to “fix” him. I can use all the prayers I can get so Thx for that. But I don’t need or want any when it comes to my allegiances regarding my country. Sorry to hear you actually believe that millions of Americans with opposing ideas to yours are only living in a cult. Our side doesn’t indoctrinate our kids to think they are trans. Or honor Criminals more than victims. Or say the nation shouldn’t have borders. Maybe it’s You living in the cult. Aborting millions of Babies for convenience. And wanting to do euthanasia on folks like your father and I. Yeah I’m pretty confident that You are the one stuck in a cult. Don’t just readily accept everything the liberal think tanks tell you !! Do your Own thinking !! Best wishes !!
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Oh and the only things your father has to fear is a bunch of Lunatic Liberal Leftist out burning and destroying property because they didn’t get what they want. And wanting to euthanize senior citizens. I hope like Me he’s a licensed firearm carrier that way he can protect himself when law enforcement is not able to. He sounds like a very reasonable man stuck with a son that listened To Much to the liberal college professors. Sad for him I’m sure. But the Blame is certainly not on your father.
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My father doesn’t own any firearms and he voted for Obama twice, and Biden. He didn’t vote at all in 2024. He’s been brainwashed by his lunatic brother and a few friends of his. He’s seeing what’s going on now and is growing very angry with Trump. It’s like Elon said; Trump won’t be here in 40 years, but I will.
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Owning or not owning firearms is a right in this country. But 911 won’t always be there to save you from the 20 Million Plus many of which are Criminals that Biden ALLOWED into the country to try to boost the Dem voting rolls. And many of them are Violent Criminals at that. As a Veteran and former Law Enforcement myself I Love and Appreciate our Law Enforcement but I Know they can’t be Everywhere 24/7. If I go down I’m going down Trying to defend myself and loved ones. I feel sorry for your Father he’s been greatly deceived and it ain’t by Trump !!
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What about all the Veterans who were unjustly fired from their government jobs? Decorated Generals who were fired or demoted? Veteran Hospital and benefits cut? Cutting the Veteran Suicide hotline? Closing Federal Buildings in our cities and selling off the properties, leaving those working in Veterans Affairs, FSSA, the FBI Branches, etc?
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Wow !!! Just Wow !! Son you’ve lost your freaking mind !! You actually Believe all that to !! The Fed workers that “lost” their jobs didn’t even Have them in most cases !! They were on probation Not a guaranteed permanent job. Others were offered Early retirement. Still others were offered a transfer. And where in the HE double hockey sticks did you get all those Veterans cuts from ?? You’ve been LIED To !! I’m a retired State Veterans Counselor with family & friends that work for VA. You bought into a bunch of Liberal manure and worse your trying to peddle it on others !!
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I have a good friend that works as a nurse at our local VA hospital, and I learned a lot about how things are really run. They even had to cancel their planned new VA hospital that was going to break ground this year. Their federal aid has been cut and they don’t even have enough federal workers in DC or the state to help them because they have been let go. Also, I live in a red state in a large capital city, and I read the news from our local news station’s websites. I learned from their local reporting that Trump has ordered our major Federal Government Building housing the FBI, SSA, VA, etc. to be closed and sold. There are 3 others in our state facing the same fate. One hospital in a larger town about 45 minutes south of our city has just laid off 50 employees. There are also 12 rural hospitals at risk of closure due to new Medicaid cuts from this “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
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I bet if you dig a little deeper there’s more to those cuts than the “local” ( probably owned by someone on the Lib left) media is sharing. The VA Medical Center close to where I’m from has brand new furniture and brand new computers in a basement that were Replaced TWICE under Biden. And we’re not talking about junk but Very high end stuff. Bet the local media didn’t bother to bring that up. Take a guess what my older Brother was ? He’s retired now. Chief Logistics Officer over Eight VA hospitals !! I have two other family members VA. I’m retired from my State’s Veterans Svc. (Not VA). If you want me on here for Oh about a week at least I can tell you about Waste, Fraud, and Abuse with VA. Your Only seeing one side and Wrongly thinking that’s the Whole story. There are Reasons, legitimate ones for those cuts. And your “local” media conveniently left those out. Did you know there are nearly 2 MILLION Illegal Immigrants that “Were” receiving Medicaid ?? They ain’t now !! Thanks to Trump and the GOP. You wrongly Assume that all the GOP folks just want to hurt people. That’s a Leftist talking point. Your Father might have been on the right track but you talked him away from it.
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He also voted for Hillary and Bill Clinton. He’s always been a Democrat and didn’t even feel right voting for Trump, so those are his own feelings. I don’t force him to do anything.
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Nah not good ole You. Nah ALL You did was embarrass the hell out of him and shame him because he decided something on his own. Nah you’re a model child. Daddy does something different from what YOU think is right and You belittle him for it. Tell him he’s following a cult etc. You are a manipulating and Indoctrinating person that YES Millions of us will stand against with every fiber of our being !! NOT gonna let YOU tell our little boys that their actually little girls and vice versa !!
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That’s not true. He’s not tech savvy, so I helped him change his voter registration from democrat to republican and updated his new address and he received his new voter card in the mail weeks before the election. He told me he drove to his local polling station that I looked up for him and he had a change of heart and decided not to cast a vote.
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Why are you accusing me of telling little children that they should be transsexual? That’s just plain stupid and insulting. I have a niece, she will be 2 in September and I adore her and would never want to hurt her, nor any other child.
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The political party You support. If you love her that much you might consider changing party affiliation. Like your Father was thinking of doing until you interceded. Your party Fully Supports Trans and Yes are trying to indoctrinate little children. Even having Drag Queen shows at schools !! How can you be OK with that ?? You mentioned the Bible. How do you reconcile the political party You support stance on this with the Holy Bible ? It’s wrong and I think you Know it. Absolutely NO ONE is born trans !! It’s a product of the environment that a child is being raised in. Look at that little niece and ask yourself What If her school system was trying to indoctrinate her ? This is Not Bogeyman stuff !! This is actually Happening at different places in Our country !! And when parents attend school board meetings to try to intervene they are told Shut Up and Sit Down !! They pay their Tax $$ for those schools they should have some say !! Now your political party will Lie & Deny everything I’ve said here but it IS happening. And by supporting Them you are by proxy supporting That. Think on it.
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He told me yesterday that he deleted NewsMax and Fox News emails and unsubscribed from everything on his phone because it’s like unending torture everyday. He deleted the apps too. His blood pressure is down and he’s happy that I got his neurologist to put him in physical therapy to get his strength back after he had a stroke from all the political stress overwhelming him.
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That’s so sad. Because YOU Are his political stress. YOU are his Son, Yet you are trying to change his core beliefs to suit YOU not him. You are Beyond selfish and are Typical of Liberalism. You are the one caught up in a cult.
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They aren’t his core beliefs. I’ve known him for 44 years and he only started becoming that way around the time of the pandemic when his brother was living with him and his gun toting racist neighbors filled his head with crazy talk.
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Gun toting racist neighbors ?? So are they White and own firearms and that’s Why they fit your perverse category ?
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Well, they are white and own firearms, and they use illegal drugs. They also make very racist comments about “Mexicans” or any other color of skin or religion. And they are not people who read the Bible to put it mildly.
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Well it’s possible that they Are racist people. Course you do know that’s Not a one way street. People of All races can be racists. And people of All races can and do break the law. As long as it’s legal there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having a firearm. I have quite a few and have my CW permit. If a person doesn’t want to own a firearm well that’s certainly their right. But I’m working on 69 years old and have had Two occasions in my life time that if I hadn’t had a firearm I might well be dead or severely injured. Law enforcement simply can’t be everywhere 24/7. And there are Allot of evil people out there regardless of political ideologies. I’m gonna do my very best not to be a victim or allow my loved ones to be victims. Many Lib Dems want disarm American citizens all together while at the same time diminishing the authority of law enforcement. That is not realistic and it’s dangerous to our society.
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Exactly what I thought as reading him ranting as MAGA's do. Does he not know FOX was sued for over $700 million for LIES
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And do You not know that was Then and this is Now ? Also do You not know that Paramount & CBS just settled out of court for $16 million with President Trump. And going back to Fox they fired the people over that like Tucker Carlson who is now So Bitter he takes shots at his former employer. That’s just like the Jan6 riot you folks bring up all the time but have Amnesia about all the Numerous Liberal Left riots Before Jan6 and Since Jan6 that’s a strange type of Amnesia. Almost as bad as how Biden pardoned his whole family and numerous friends and had Far More pardons than the last Three Presidents in all their terms Combined. But I’ve figured out Liberals have a variety I call Convenient Amnesia. Just like the ONLY person Killed on Jan6 was Ashli Babbitt a USAF Veteran who was unarmed Shot to death when she stepped through an already broken window by a Capitol Police Officer. And though I might rant at least I don’t post the same childish memes over and over. Like a Kid who stole his Mommy & Daddy’s laptop and down in the basement again. Good grief !! 🤪
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@Derek Dugger Caught you in either an out and out Lie or total Ignorance in your failed attempt to bash on Fox. Go back and See the replies about the top 15 shows. You Lose !! 🤣
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Part 3 A nation without sovereign borders is not Really a nation at all but just an open territory. Yet Joe Biden ALLOWED Over 20 Million ILLEGAL Immigrants into our country. That’s the known ones we don’t even know how many got aways there are. And the Lib Dems don’t think people know Why they did this. To make Voters out of them !! That’s Why we saw countless signs they held up We Love You Joe and Joe Biden is our Friend etc. Even now numerous Blue States are working feverishly to put these people in position to vote. Starting by giving them Drivers Licenses and Allowing them to vote in local elections. That’s Why Lib Judges are fighting so hard to keep even Violent Criminals from being deported. Lib Dems don’t believe in checks & balances At All. They want to Flood the electorate where Only Liberal Dems Can be elected Forever. IF they get these people in to vote there will Never Be another GOP or Independent elected Ever Again !! They want it Their way or No way. And who’s footing the bill to pay for the food, clothing, housing, medical aid for All these people ?? The American Tax Payers are !! And the Lib Dems could care less, Criminal or not they see them as simply Voters !! Yep that’s just one of the lows the Lib Dems will sink to in order to get what They want. They have NO morals !!
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I don’t . I drink Diet Dr. Pepper
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I read that Diet Dr. Pepper has been recently recalled. You should check that out.
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Oh, I think it’s far too late for this guy. I’m thinking he was actually a member of the Jones Cult and somehow lived through it, but it left him a whacko.
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Part 4 Lib Dems want to water down Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. A nation without law and order is a nation of utter Chaos and Anarchy. But Lib Dems want to so greatly restrain Law Enforcement Agencies and Individual Officers that it quite literally puts those Officers lives in Danger !! That’s Why in Blue States and Blue Cities Law Enforcement Officers are retiring early or just quitting all together. Many of them are moving to Red States seeking employment. In the Blue States and Blue Cities the Governors and Mayors don’t have their backs and they Know that. And the DAs in these Blue States and Blue Cities release Criminals even Violent Criminals with a small bond and a very soft slap on the wrist. The Liberal Judges in these same States and Cities break down in tears for the Criminals NOT the Victims !! And release these Thugs back on Society multiple times !! He’s just misunderstood they claim he didn’t really mean to choke the life out of some female senior citizen !! This is Why there’s such a mass exodus from these Blue Nightmarish places. You can’t live in safety there !! So people that can afford to are just giving up and leaving.
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Speaking of Chaos and Anarchy, those who support the convicted felon who pardoned the Jan. 6 thugs who beat law enforcement officers with bats, batons, and metal flagpoles, sprayed bear mace in the faces of female officers, ransacked the Nation's Capitol, and tried their best to kill the Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senators, Representatives-- are not interested in law enforcement.
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Now let’s talk about the Numerous riots Before Jan 6 conducted by Liberal Leftist and all the numerous riots Since Jan6 conducted by Liberal Leftist. Hmmm ? Then after we discuss ALL those and there are Allot. Let’s move on to how Biden pardoned Himself and the entire Biden family along With numerous friends. THEN let’s discuss how Biden pardoned More people in his One Term than Trump, Obama ( both terms) and Bush ( both terms) COMBINED !! Hmm ?? Trump convicted by a Judge who donated to the Dem Party whose Daughter is a Dem Activist, with a Blue Jury in a Blue City in a Deep Blue section of the same city. It’s called a Kangaroo Court and Reasonable people see it as Bogusas it Was.
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How old are you dude? Clearly you spend most of your days watching Fox and trolling for clickbait about the ladies on The View, and you seem to think you know everything about the world so you’re probably really old, right?
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Thank you…my thoughts exactly! I see this dude on here every time I read an article, always under different names, as a guest of course. I have never interacted with him before today, but I gave blood earlier and was in bed resting and had some mischievous curiosity. 😎
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Today we celebrate 250 years as a nation. Our ancestors defeated the Taxation Without Representation ( Sounds Allot like the Liberal Dem Party they never met a Tax they didn’t like). And our ancestors did it by talking the British to death !! No need for GUNS. Our ancestors just protested, the British agreed with them and left. How’s that for history ? Rrrright !! 🙄🤣
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Yep. I was being sarcastic. With a dose of truth.
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Part 6 Abortion for convenience sake. Now Lib Dems will Try to tell you that nearly every abortion is a matter of life and death for the mother. While Yes that is true in Some cases, over all it’s pretty rare. Most cases are some woman doesn’t want her bikini line messed up for the summer so that she can go almost nude on the beach and get herself knocked up again !! You’d be amazed at how many times One woman has had abortions !! Umm do they not know what condoms are ? Or maybe birth control pills ? Any number of other birth control methods ? NO because instead of teaching that Lib Dems have the teachers trying to convince all the kids they’re trans !! There are Allot of people who can’t have kids that would love to adopt. In fact there are very lengthy waiting lists !! But No abort Em that’s the mantra of the Liberal Left. And to Liberals it Doesn’t Matter what term the pregnant lady is in !! Lib Dems would murder them After birth if they could get away with it. All part of the Lib Dem social engineering ideologies they Love so much !! Same as euthanasia of Senior Citizens. Get rid of Em that’s the Lib Dem ideology. Just scroll & read how one guy here “ Squared his Father away”. How he shamed and embarrassed his Father for voting different from him !! How Dare his Father break from the lock step of Liberalism ??!!?? But he took his Father to a Doctor and has him being “treated” All because his Father voted differently !! Scary !! That’s the Indoctrinators !!
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I think we get it. You like Kool Aid. Most Kids do.
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Thanks Kool Aid Man! You saved us from the crazy man! ✌️
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Part 5 DEI this one really burns me !! Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) code for give a person a job or promotion based on the color of their skin or sexual orientation and/or preference EVEN if someone else is better qualified !! And here’s the kicker for this Racist, Discriminatory Abomination. Government Agencies and Private Businesses have to meet Quotas of hiring and promoting based on these things in accordance with the Liberal Left agenda !! Not who has the most experience or best education or most training, No Not On MERIT but based on skin color and/or sexual orientation and/or preference. Yes I Know it’s utterly Ridiculous but that’s what Liberal Dems want to perpetrate on our country !! Then they wonder Why our children lag so far behind children of other countries in education. Just another item that Lib Dems want to use to further Divide our country !!
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Bet your proud of copy & paste Lol !!
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You’re a perfect example of why we need safer gun laws to protect us from people that would have no issue opening fire on a crowd of innocent people, maybe a BLM protest, or a women’s clinic.
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